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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
DAVE ANALYZES SPENDING ON EDUCATION
Liberals and their media water-carriers are already making an issue out of the $100 billion in federal spending cuts proposed by the GOP. They suggest that one issue is that the cut will hurt education funding.
Spending cut legislation should be just like Obamacare legislation, which, according to Pelosi, must be passed so we can find out what is in it.
First, a spending cut of $100,000,000,000 represents a 2.68% cut, which government can accomplish by switching from 2-ply to 1-ply toilet paper.
Second, it is interesting to note that since January, 2007 through December, 2010 the White House budgets shows that the Democrat-controlled Congress has reduced spending on education by $774,902 a day.
The expense, and the quality of U.S. education has been the focus of thousands of studies over the past decades, but the public hears little as the results are not good, and to publish the results would result in a demand for government accountability.
To begin, the famed Head Start Program was started in 1965 as a summer program for children in jeopardy, began with an enrollment of 561,000 attendees, a budget of $96,400,400 or a cost per attendee of $172. Due to its alleged success it morphed into a program to “promote school readiness by enhancing social and cognitive development.” By 2007 the enrollment increased to 908,412 attendees, a budget of $6.9 billion dollars or a cost per attendee of $7,571. That is a cost increase of 7,034.8%.
Many studies have been done to evaluate the success of Head Start, but none show more than a modest improvement when compared to testing of children that did not attend Head Start. In 2009, Georgetown University studied Head Start and determined there was “modest improvement in reading, but no improvement in oral comprehension, phonological awareness, or math.” In 2007 Head Start employed 220,000 people, who are adequate babysitters.
Primary and Secondary education in America leaves much to be desired. The cost of our education is among the highest in the world. In 2007 the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development evaluated the cost of education of member nations. The United States ranked #2 in the cost of primary education, #4 in cost of secondary education, and #1 in the cost of obtaining an undergraduate degree. In fact, the cost of an undergraduate degree was double the cost of all countries except two.
One might consider the cost of our education to be a wonderful investment in the future of our children...but is it? The Organization for Economic and Co-operation and Development conducts international standardized testing on Reading, Math and Science every three years. In 2006 there was no posted data on Reading for the United State as the OECD reported the results were corrupt. However, on Math the United States ranked #29, and on Science #21. On OECD testing in 2009 the United States ranked #17 in Reading, #30 in Math and #23 in Science. Not only was there no improvement, our students performed worse. Other data provided by the 2007 OECD includes that the U.S. high school graduation rate is 78%, and ranks #14. The report also concludes that U.S. entry level pay for teachers ranks #2 compared to other nations.
Another measure of the quality of U.S. education is the 1st time performance of college-bound student on the ACT [America College Testing] and SAT [Scholastic Aptitude Testing]. A revue of ACT performance shows that from 1970 to 2010 scores on English improved 11.4%; Math 1.9%; and no change for Reading and Science. A review of SAT performance shows that from 1967 to 2009 Verbal testing fell 7.7%, and Math skills, for all intents and purposes, remained the same.
A commonly held theme is that poverty causes poor school performance. However, if one compares the annual poverty rate to the annual ACT and SAT scores one can only conclude that poor education may in fact cause poverty. According to the OECD the United States has a drop out rate of 22%. But according to National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, during the school year 2007-2008 613,379 high school students dropped our without completing their education. These children, in essence, transitioned from a system of national education [including free meals] to a system of national welfare which adds to our poverty statistics and taxpayer burden.
Let the cuts begin.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
The Communist Takeover Of America - 45 Declared Goals
The Communist Takeover Of America - 45 Declared Goals It's scary how many of their goals have already been accomplished.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Thursday, August 5, 2010
THE LIES OF OBAMACARE
-UNPRECEDENTED: Medicare Chief Actuary Disavows Trustees’ Report, Publishes an “Alternative Report” John Goodman NCPA The actuary was NOT appointed by Obama. The trustees were. So who is more plausible?
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-The Shameless Medicare Propaganda Continues - Critical Condition - National Review Online
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-The Shameless Medicare Propaganda Continues - Critical Condition - National Review Online
ObamaCare: The sum of all fears
*Hat tip to Ercille who says....
Hugh Hewitt just interviewed the two authors of this report, on his show. The report is rather lengthy, but it covers just about everything on "ObamaKill." OK, so I am being a little harsh here, but he brings out the worst in me! It is his fault! Speaking of which, my only little quibble is that there are too many visuals of him. I cannot stand to watch or hear him.
Justice Brennan's Footnote Gave Us Anchor Babies
-Justice Brennan's Footnote Gave Us Anchor Babies - HUMAN EVENTS
In the Silverios' munificent new hometown of Stockton, Calif., 70 percent of the 2,300 babies born in 2003 in the San Joaquin General Hospital were anchor babies. As of this month, Stockton is $23 million in the hole.
FBI Files Reveal Historian Howard Zinn Lied to Hide CPUSA Membership
*Hat tip to Ercille
These creeps have always been slithering around in our country....they just never RAN it until now.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Wow...hide your wallets!
Just roll your cursor over the state and it will tell you how much each taxpayer owes.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Pete Stark-Raving-Ass
-Pete Stark (D-CA) - The Federal Gov't Can Do What It Wants (Updated) - The 9.12 Project Network
This lying snarky p.o.s. has nothing but contempt for his constituents, for Americans and for America. Between his idiocy yesterday telling his constituents that Congress has NO limits to it's power over us, and THIS older video, there is no doubt left. If you see some evidence to the contrary, SHOW ME. His voters must....because he has been reelected to his seat since 1973! What is WRONG with the people up there in CA? Are they ALL illegals?
This lying snarky p.o.s. has nothing but contempt for his constituents, for Americans and for America. Between his idiocy yesterday telling his constituents that Congress has NO limits to it's power over us, and THIS older video, there is no doubt left. If you see some evidence to the contrary, SHOW ME. His voters must....because he has been reelected to his seat since 1973! What is WRONG with the people up there in CA? Are they ALL illegals?
Two important petitions to Stop the Mosque at Ground Zero.
Please sign and forward
-Act! for America - Get Your Copy of They Must Be Stopped Today! (from Brigitte Gabriel)
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-Stop the Mosque at Ground Zero -- Sign the Petition Now! (Human Events)
-Act! for America - Get Your Copy of They Must Be Stopped Today! (from Brigitte Gabriel)
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-Stop the Mosque at Ground Zero -- Sign the Petition Now! (Human Events)
Andrew Breitbart's cunning way to expose Sherrod and Obama
-Andrew Breitbart's cunning way to expose Sherrod and Obama - Patriotic Resistance
I told you she was a racist. She AND her husband. Breitbart got it right the first time.
I told you she was a racist. She AND her husband. Breitbart got it right the first time.
Monday, August 2, 2010
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